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type: "Bill"
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title: "Expanding legal surrender of an infant to include newborn safety devices, requiring a referral of an alleged victim of child abuse or neglect for an examination as part of an investigation, creating a program in the department of health and environment to provide training and payment for such examinations, enacting the Representative Gail Finney memorial foster care bill of rights, applying the federal Indian child welfare act to certain actions under the revised Kansas code for care of children."
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description: "Expanding legal surrender of an infant to include newborn safety devices, requiring a referral of an alleged victim of child abuse or neglect for an examination as part of an investigation, creating a program in the department of health and environment to provide training and payment for such examinations, enacting the Representative Gail Finney memorial foster care bill of rights, applying the federal Indian child welfare act to certain actions under the revised Kansas code for care of children."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
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legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
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session: "2023-2024"
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identifier: "HB 2024"
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citation: "Kansas HB 2024 (2023-2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 29
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2023-01-12"
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last_action: "2023-04-25"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b7c4b836-7d38-4e6e-ae89-c28f10df8368"
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source_url: "http://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/hb2024/"
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source_hash: "6fe129fbef7af1432a37d549a35cfc0ce57b083d6908d52635965fa4f64cd963"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ks"]
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---
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# Kansas HB 2024 (2023-2024) — Expanding legal surrender of an infant to include newborn safety devices, requiring a referral of an alleged victim of child abuse or neglect for an examination as part of an investigation, creating a program in the department of health and environment to provide training and payment for such examinations, enacting the Representative Gail Finney memorial foster care bill of rights, applying the federal Indian child welfare act to certain actions under the revised Kansas code for care of children.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **As introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2024_00_0000.pdf)
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2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2024_01_0000.pdf)
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3. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2024_03_0000.pdf)
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4. **As Further Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2024_02_0000.pdf)
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5. **Enrolled - Law effective May 4, 2023** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2024_enrolled.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; — **35–5** (pass) · upper
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- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **94–30** (pass) · lower
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- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **116–0** (pass) · lower
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- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **36–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Joint Committee on Child Welfare System Oversight — primary (organization)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-12** Introduced `introduction`
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- **2023-01-13** Referred to Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care `referral-committee`
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- **2023-01-18** Hearing: Monday, January 23, 2023, 1:30 PM Room 152-S
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- **2023-02-01** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-02-08** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
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- **2023-02-08** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
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- **2023-02-08** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Carr `amendment-introduction`
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- **2023-02-08** Committee of the Whole - Motion by Representative Concannon to rerefer to Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care passed `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-17** Committee Report recommending bill be further amended and be passed as amended by Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care `committee-passage`
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- **2023-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
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- **2023-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
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- **2023-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as further amended `passage`
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- **2023-02-22** Engrossed on Tuesday, February 21, 2023
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- **2023-02-22** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 94 Nay: 30 `passage`
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- **2023-02-22** Received and Introduced `introduction`
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- **2023-03-01** Referred to Committee on Public Health and Welfare `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-08** Hearing: Monday, March 13, 2023, 8:30 AM Room 142-S
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- **2023-03-14** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Public Health and Welfare `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-29** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
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- **2023-03-29** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
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- **2023-03-29** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
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- **2023-03-29** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 35 Nay: 5 `passage`
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- **2023-04-03** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
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- **2023-04-04** Motion to accede adopted; Senator Gossage, Senator Erickson and Senator Pettey appointed as conferees
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- **2023-04-06** Conference committee report now available
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- **2023-04-06** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 36 Nay: 1 `passage`
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- **2023-04-06** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 116 Nay: 0 `passage`
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- **2023-04-24** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 14, 2023 `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-04-25** Approved by Governor on Wednesday, April 19, 2023 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b7c4b836-7d38-4e6e-ae89-c28f10df8368`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).
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